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Chapter 6

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Gated Weirs
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Gated weirs: better handling for upstream water level

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and sediment passage

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1) During the passage of design flow, Q100, gates are
fully opened to provide free flow without backwatering

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2) With the gate lowering, however, more critical cases
may generate i.e. hydraulic jump and energy dissipation

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Flow characteristics for these cases:

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Purely free flow; Cases A, B, C

Gate operation:
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• Free flow
• Submerged flow
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CDL y '2 c CDL
y1 y2c y3 y1
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(1) (2) (3)
(1) (2) (3)
(a)
(b)

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EGL

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CDL
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(c)

Modes of flow through opening on mild slope

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Gates fully open

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(1) (2 (3 (1) (2) (3)
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E1' > E1 S1
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y < y1
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Modes of flow through opening on steep slope

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Gates fully open

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u02/2g

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u00
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y2

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a y1=εa
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Unit discharge, q: ⎡ u 02 ⎤
q = ψεa 2g ⎢( y − y1 ) + ⎥ where ψ ≅ 0.95
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⎣ 2g ⎦

a/y 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.0

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ε 0.61 0.62 0.63 0.72 1.00

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u02/2g

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Unit discharge:

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u0
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y′ y2

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a y1=εa

q = μa 2g ( y − y' )
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where μ =
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2q 2
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y' = y 2 −
2
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